Lloyd

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #7,987 · #1,547 for boys in 2025, 111 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 3,742 births
Debut · boys
104 births
In top 100 · boys
55 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
160,990
since 1880

Lloyd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #51, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,547111
2024#1,76793
2023#1,78790
2022#1,70699
2021#1,546113
2020#1,71690
2019#1,614102
2018#1,458119
2017#1,554105
2016#1,520111
2015#1,502110
2014#1,402120
2013#1,277136
2012#1,328128
2011#1,198147
2010#1,331128
2009#1,324131
2008#1,119163
2007#1,162152
2006#1,085162
2005#1,139142
2004#1,152136
2003#1,134133
2002#994158
2001#902174
2000#921167
1999#816187
1998#878165
1997#701227
1996#730210
1995#654254
1994#615290
1993#609290
1992#549343
1991#549342
1990#491391
1989#471404
1988#461389
1987#7,9878#429419
1986#7,7498#425410
1985#402448
1984#8,1537#394432
1983#9,0156#371473
1982#356504
1981#10,4115#332559
1980#5,91211#335560
1979#10,2105#329552
1978#338518
1977#329559
1976#7,2967#327534
1975#9,0675#300635
1974#292631
1973#7,4356#269695
1972#262751
1971#242948
1970#238990
1969#5,4568#236967
1968#5,1478#2251,004
1967#4,6259#2081,081
1966#4,4939#2081,115
1965#1951,295
1964#6,7675#1941,460
1963#5,8916#1931,547
1962#4,8658#1951,543
1961#5,8516#1821,685
1960#6,3905#1801,733
1959#4,03110#1671,872
1958#4,1939#1661,838
1957#4,2029#1641,921
1956#3,32113#1581,980
1955#3,57111#1472,030
1954#4,6557#1422,114
1953#4,5957#1382,169
1952#4,1238#1302,277
1951#4,0118#1242,298
1950#3,42310#1272,120
1949#2,41017#1242,330
1948#3,5939#1182,391
1947#4,3457#1122,630
1946#2,48215#1062,496
1945#3,3888#1032,221
1944#2,76211#1022,311
1943#2,25116#1042,443
1942#2,66612#962,462
1941#2,27214#962,252
1940#2,57211#1002,067
1939#2,73610#952,087
1938#2,73010#922,215
1937#1,78419#912,157
1936#1,95016#882,160
1935#1,60622#842,296
1934#1,65121#822,339
1933#1,65821#732,413
1932#1,52025#712,590
1931#1,63522#672,704
1930#1,23237#692,838
1929#1,55525#622,949
1928#1,36632#593,158
1927#1,82822#583,325
1926#1,51429#603,278
1925#1,46631#623,324
1924#1,77024#613,350
1923#1,55628#593,387
1922#1,68225#593,364
1921#2,19517#583,536
1920#1,81622#583,454
1919#1,39331#583,238
1918#1,69023#513,742
1917#1,92318#533,417
1916#1,48525#582,926
1915#1,43925#622,653
1914#1,89613#661,884
1913#1,67013#671,521
1912#1,71911#701,227
1911#1,54510#74590
1910#2,1406#67545
1909#1,7637#76412
1908#73394
1907#71386
1906#1,4168#70357
1905#69369
1904#73324
1903#1,5926#72299
1902#67344
1901#68285
1900#78337
1899#68287
1898#79265
1897#74258
1896#67308
1895#75263
1894#80253
1893#88211
1892#76268
1891#88185
1890#94182
1889#98167
1888#99175
1887#108127
1886#107144
1885#126109
1884#119122
1883#12698
1882#120121
1881#14287
1880#123104
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lloyd was already there! It came in at #123, and was given to 104 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 130 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lloyd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 220 spots since 2024 (#1,767#1,547)
  • 169 spots since 2020 (#1,716#1,547)
  • 45 spots since 2015 (#1,502#1,547)
  • Biggest jump: 62 spots in 1999 (#878#816)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1998 (#701#878)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #51 (3,742 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 40 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1888–1942
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 271
  • Highest: 1 in 271 boys born in 1918 were named Lloyd (0.37%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,388 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Lloyd (33,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,254#98 (1889)#117
1890s2,480#67 (1896)#79
1900s3,507#67 (1902)#72
1910s21,743#51 (1918)#63
1920s33,125#58 (1921)#60
1930s23,799#67 (1931)#81
1940s23,603#96 (1942)#106
1950s20,619#124 (1951)#146
1960s13,430#180 (1960)#202
1970s6,813#238 (1970)#293
1980s4,598#332 (1981)#398
1990s2,699#491 (1990)#659
2000s1,518#902 (2001)#1,093
2010s1,206#1,198 (2011)#1,418
2020s596#1,546 (2021)#1,678

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lloyd in 1940

girls
#2,572
11 births · 1 in 103,957 girls
boys
#100
2,067 births · 1 in 561 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #2,572Lloyd11

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #100Lloyd2,067
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 103,957 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 48.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #2,424Wenda12
  2. #2,424Wynelle12
  3. #2,424Wynette12
  4. #2,572Lloyd11
  5. #2,572Alix11
  6. #2,572Almira11
  7. #2,572Aloha11
  8. #2,737Adah10
  9. #2,737Aggie10
  10. #2,737Albertina10

Tied with 164 names at #2,572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 561 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 97.5% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #97Curtis2,103
  2. #98Harvey2,088
  3. #99Bob2,082
  4. #100Lloyd2,067
  5. #101Ronnie2,055
  6. #102Clyde2,014
  7. #103Floyd2,012
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940